Trotskyists

Ernest Mandel– Survey –

Within this section of TrotskyanaNet we present the following bio-bibliographical material about Ernest Mandel (1923-1995), who was undoubtedly the most eminent figure of international Trotskyism during the second half of the 20th century:

Ernest Mandel Bibliography - an exhaustive repertory of writings by and about Ernest Mandel - an ongoing project.Note: An earlier edition (as at 2004, thus a bit outdated by now) is still available within TrotskyanaNet as a PDF file [size: 5 MB]

Explanations:* = doubtful (i.e. not absolutely clear whether or not a pseudonym of Ernest Mandel)
** = literary name of Mandel used by authors of fiction works
Note:Another pseudonym, "Louis Couturier", was been attributed to Ernest Mandel, but "Louis Couturier" in fact was a pseudonym used by Jean-Michel Krivine (1932-2013).

Note about the Ernest Mandel Archive at Amsterdam

After his death in 1995 the personal archives of Ernest Mandel were given by his widow, Anne Mandel-Sprimont, to the famous IISG (IISH)(Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis = International Institute of Social History) which is situated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (see also our feature about the IISH within the framework of TrotskyanaNet). The size of the Mandel collection at IISH is 20.87 m, of which some 3.50 m were added in 1999. The archive contains material from 1937-1995 plus some additions dating from 1995-2005, for example:

Correspondence with E. Federn, G. Jungclas, P. Frank and a lot of other Trotskyist and leftist militants,

Correspondence with publishers and editors,

Correspondence concerning La Gauche,

Documents relating to the Belgian section of the Fourth International and other documents concerning Belgian Trotskyism,

Documents relating to the SWP and Trotskyism in the United States from 1971-1979,

Documents relating to the leading bodies of the Fourth International (e.g. minutes or proceedings of meetings, correspondence and other documents of the United Secretariat (Secrétariat Unifié) of the F.I. from 1963-1984,

Documents relating to the world congresses of the F.I. from 1963-1995.

Manuscripts of his books etc.,

Notes, reports, subject files, press clippings and other documents concerning the political and economic situation in many countries of the world,

Printed material,

Some personal documents

The Mandel Archive also holds the papers of Gisela Mandel (born Scholtz, divorced Meschkat, 1935-1982 [pseud.: Martine Knoeller]), Mandel's first wife, including documents relating to the IMG (International Marxist Group, British Section of the F.I.), the RAL (Revolutionaire Arbeiders Liga [Belgian Section of the F.I.]), the SDS (Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund [Socialist German Student League]), and documents relating to the youth work of the Fourth International from 1968-1970.Since 2006, an online guide and inventory of the Ernest Esra Mandel Papers, processed by Bouwe Hijma, are available in the WWW. Access to the collection is restricted.Please note that a great deal of Mandel's letters and other documents by/about him can be found in other collections of the IISH (e.g. within the A.G. Frank papers, the I. Deutscher papers, the R. Prager papers, the Archief van Uitgeverij Van Gennep) as well as in other renowned hosts of archival collections such as the Hoover Institution Archives (Stanford, Cal.), the Archief en Museum van de Socialistiesche Arbeidersbeweging (AMSAB, Gent/Brussels), the Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine (BDIC, Nanterre).
For some more details see also Stutje, Jan Willem: Ernest Mandel : rebel tussen droom en daad, 1923-1995, Antwerpen/Gent, 2007, pp. 431-433 or Stutje, Jan Willem: Ernest Mandel : a rebel's dream deferred, London [etc.], 2009, pp. 355-357, or Stutje, Jan Willem: Rebell zwischen Traum und Tat : Ernest Mandel (1923-1995), Hamburg, 2009, pp. 425-427.

Lubitz, Wolfgang: Ernest Mandel bibliography : an indexed and cross-referenced list of publications by and about Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) / comp. and ed. by Wolfgang and Petra Lubitz. - Berlin, Leipzig : [Authors], 2004. - XIII, 285, LXII pp. [Publ. on demand, generated from the Lubitz TrotskyanaNet website in the framework of which this bibliography is being presented now as an ongoing project in HTML script]

List of commemorations held in honour of Ernest Mandel

After the decease of Ernest Mandel on July 20, 1995, dozens of obituary notices by friends, comrades, colleagues and political organizations were published in many daily newspapers and several hundred obituaries, recollections and appraisals appeared in newspapers, journals and other publications all over the world. Furthermore, there were held several memorial meetings and similar events in various countries all over the world commemorating Ernest Mandel. They were chiefly sponsored by organizations affiliated to the Fourth International which Ernest Mandel epitomised for some 50 years as an eminent political leader and theoretician. The funeral took place on September 30 at Père Lachaise cemetary, Paris.What follows is a short chronological survey about some gatherings, including scholarly conferences, held in honour of the late Ernest Mandel:

Oct. 14, 1995, London (Britain). "The Marxism of Ernest Mandel - an international symposium" was held at University of London Union. Speakers included A. Kilmaster, J. Habel, A. Krivine et al. Exclusive first showing of T. Ali's biographical film on the early life of E. Mandel.

Ernest Mandel [Wikipedia article with links. Available in various languages.]

Short description of our Ernest Mandel collection

Our private Ernest Mandel Collection is composed of the following parts:

Books and pamphlets written by Ernest Mandel (some 100 items), chiefly in German, English, French and Spanish language. Thus almost all of Mandel's independently published works are represented in our library, at least in one language. As a matter of fact, most of Mandel's books have been translated to many languages, so that one and the same item may have been published with a dozen or more different titles proper in various countries of the world. As a rule, many of his writings were published as second, third etc. editions or printings (unaltered or revised); our collection however — with a few exeptions — is containing only one edition (preferably the first, original one).

Articles and other contributions from Mandel's pen which were published in journals, collections, festschrifts, bulletins, etc. Mandel's dependently published writings are of course widespread and dispersed. Like his books and pamphlets, a great deal of his articles and contributions have been translated into various languages and have been published in a great variety of sources in dozens of countries. In our collection, Mandel's articles and contributions sum up to some 2,100, partly (as xerox copies) filed alphabetically in archive boxes, partly contained in collections, journals, bulletins which are in our possession as originals.

Last not least, there is a considerable number of secondary sources about Ernest Mandel in our collection (some 600 items), ranging from conference proceedings (containing edited papers from seminars about Mandel) to obituaries and biographical sketches and from critical reviews to clippings from daily press organs. Furthermore, our collection also contains non-print items such as DVD or sound recordings.